Chromatin and transcription

FASEB Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1173-1182

  Edmondson, Diane G ^a   Roth, Sharon Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

histone; nucleosome; position effects; regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029847278     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.10.10.8751719     Document Type: Review

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